Today's Los Angeles Times letter to the editor, because our voices matter. And as you'll see by the follow-up to the letter, we better use those voices in enormous numbers or this country will be in even bigger trouble that it already is:

So, the GOP is threatening to "shut down" the Senate if the filibuster rule is tweaked to allow a simple majority to approve executive branch nominations.

Through their historic abuse of the filibuster, Republicans have already shut down the Senate.

As for their threat to use the rule change against a future Democratic minority: With the Republican Party in a demographic death spiral, when will they ever have a Senate majority again?

Jerry Weil

Seal Beach

"With the Republican Party in a demographic death spiral, when will they ever have a Senate majority again?" Sadly, they very well could in 2014 unless we get out the vote in a big way.

As you may have heard, Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer decided not to run for his state's U.S. Senate seat. He was the Democrats' best chance to win, which doesn't bode well for holding onto the seat and maintaining their Senate majority.

It's a stupid point. If repubs ever get control again they will change the filibuster rule faster than you can say the word filibuster. Harry just needs to go nuclear. I think he should do it for judicial nominations too but the Presidential appointees is a good start. So just do it Harry we're with you.

GMMI

And yet libs had no trouble when Hapless, Helpless, Hopeless Harry Reid screamed about the "nuclear option" when he was the Minority Leader. IOW, Hypocrisy on display.

Dave Fouchey

*SIGH* The party of dysfunctional government makes threats to do what they already are doing, color me shocked. /sarc Laffy it would be funny if not such a serious problem.

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